A combine harvester and civilian cars were blown up by mines in the Velyka Pysarivka community in the Sumy Region.

“Okhtyrka District, Velyka Pysarivka community,” Sumy Regional Military Administration Head Dmytro Zhyvytskyi announced on Telegram. “Yesterday, civilians were blown up by mines twice here. One man was killed, and four injured.”

Image from the Telegram account of Dmytro Zhyvytskyi.

In the first case, eleven mines detonated after a truck ran over them. The driver died at the scene. Two more civilians were injured: a passenger and the driver of a car driving in the opposite lane at the time of explosion.

Image from the Telegram account of Dmytro Zhyvytskyi.

In the second case, a combine harvester was moving through a field when it went over an undetonated Russian mine. The vehicle was destroyed, and two farmers were left badly injured.

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